Note 97 — CHAP. V.
Reading edition
Footnote 97:
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The veil is used from reverence to the B. Sacrament: on an ancient mosaic on one of the arches of S. Prassede, a person is represented enveloped in it, holding a sacred vessel apparently intended to contain the B. Sacrament. Ciampini, Vet. mon. T. 2.